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Smart Dog Guards Owners Bike

In Cute / May 1st, 2012 / By admin

Check out this smart dog guarding his master's bike. No one can touch the bike, I bet he is thinking "I wish a nigga would" - Drake! Reguardless acting like a Buckingham Palace Guard the dog stand firm on his hind legs with 2 pays on the bike. When the  owner returns he jumps on the bike, signal the owner that he is ready and off they go! AWESOME!

Why I Don't Give Homeless Money

In Funny / May 1st, 2012 / By admin

Seriously, the big problem with giving homeless people money is they always use it to buy drugs or booze! Do they really want food? or to get shelter with the money? Nah! they have free homeless shelters and food pantry if they really wanted that! Here is a funny graphic of a homeless man buying booze with his money!

What You Don't Know Will Kill You *INFOGRAPHIC*

In Weird / April 28th, 2012 / By Drew

When it comes to matters of the heart, we try to be as sensitive as possible, but how sensitive can you be when you don't know the facts - or worse: the truth? AED's latest infographic sets the record straight, by bringing to light what we think we know about sudden cardiac arrest. The truth is: it isn't so simple, and our wild misconceptions could mean life or death.
What You Don't Know Will Kill You [Infographic]
© 2012 AED.com

Personal Paralegal: The Internet vs. Your Personal Privacy

In Weird / April 26th, 2012 / By Drew

The rising popularity of social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter among them, has meant that more personal and potentially private information is being shared over the internet than ever before. The influx of data posted, much of it in the public domain, has raised important privacy and free speech considerations for users. How posted information can be used by the social networking company is one important consideration. Whether data can be collected or searched by the government is another.  Given the current climate of the Internet’s intersection with individual rights, the burden of serving as intermediary between the public and the government falls on the current and future attorneys and legal assistants of America.  Individuals are granted many rights, but at times, they may not know whether they understand the full implications of those rights or whether or not they are being violated.  This allows an opportunity for law professionals to step in and mediate.  Professionals holding a graduate law or paralegal degree are therefore more hotly in demand.  And as public concerns about sharing identifying information online continue to arise, an intermediary that can speak to both the public and the government will become incredibly necessary.

Many social networking users rely on constitutional protections of privacy and free speech in sharing information online, but this is not always justified. The United States Constitution guarantees citizens security against government intrusions into personal affairs through the 4th amendment, and protects citizens’ rights to speak freely on most any topic through the 1st amendment. How these amendments apply to information that is shared online is still very much a developing area of law. It is also important to keep in mind that the Constitution only protects citizens from government actions—not from actions that come from private individuals or independent corporations.

Recent 4th amendment case law pertaining to social networking and other internet communications tends to hold that the government can monitor or search the contents of profile pages, text message histories, or e-mail communications so long as there are “reasonable grounds” for suspecting that activity happening online is either (a) in violation of a stated policy; or (b) for the furtherance of some crime. Most of the time, the government can only rely on the 4th amendment when it acts as an employer. Those who work for public universities or whose positions are funded through grant money from government sources are usually considered government employees.

Recent law out of California suggests that the government’s terrain may be expanding. At the end of 2011, the governor of that state vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal for police to search through the cell phones of suspects under arrest. This means that, at least in California, someone arrested for driving with a suspended license, say, may suddenly find their e-mail messages, Facebook updates, and tweets—anything accessible through a smartphone—lawfully in the hands of police, even though in most cases this information has nothing to do with the original arrest.

A March 2012 Wired article also raised eyebrows when reporting that the National Security Administration may be planning to soon collect all internet traffic, including social networking data, in an attempt to monitor “suspicious practices.” Whether this sort of mass information collection can be squared with either the 1st or 4th amendments has yet to be challenged.

Most legislative efforts to address social networking privacy and freedom of speech rights have come at the state level, and do not concern overarching constitutional applications.  Some laws, like one proposed in California, would force social networking operators to switch their default settings from public to private. Users who want to share more robustly would have to affirmatively opt in. Others are more nuanced, like a Minnesota House bill designed to prohibit employers from requiring applicants to disclose their social networking passwords.

The legislative process is slow, and most of the time lawmakers can only respond to problems once they have arisen. It is important for the users of Facebook, Twitter, and other similar sites to understand the risks and learn about ways of protecting their information before sharing it.

One place to start is by understanding social networks’ privacy policies and data use agreements. If networks are tracking user behavior online, if they claim ownership of profile information, or if they reserve the right to use photos for commercial purposes—all of this should be known upfront.  Facebook’s 2007 debacle with the Beacon tracking software is just one example of the ways in which social networks can run afoul of user expectations. The Beacon program kept track of what Facebook users did online, whether in the networking application or on the web at large, and reported this data back to Facebook.
Users should also exercise general caution with the information they choose to post online. As noted by St. Augustine’s College in North Carolina, profile information and conversations shared online often reflect on the user personally. “If you are on Facebook talking about your drug use, drinking, partying or dating/marital relationship drama, you should understand that does not reflect professionalism or portray you as a person who knows the value of discretion,” the college says on its website. “As Americans we have a right to freedom of speech; however that does not mean you are excluded from the repercussions that may come from your free speech. If you hate your job or your boss, vent to a trusted friend or your spouse, do not post it on your public Twitter or Facebook page.”

The Psychology of Cute: What Makes A Website Cute?

In Funny / April 25th, 2012 / By Drew

Baby rabbits, cuddly kittens, guinea pigs, flowers, ribbons, bows, little girls with impossibly large eyes and tiny hands and feet, lots of pastel pink and blue…all these things, they’re all cute. This phenomenon can’t be explained, even after someone obtains an accredited online psychology degree, because it seems to happen organically. Cute is something that simply is.

You’ll find all these attributes and more on “super cute” websites like Cute Overload, with pictures of kittens and skateboarding guinea pigs, or in the artwork of Helen Dardik at One Lucky Helen. Cute Roulette features the “Attack of the Wee Kitten,” and Cake Spy is all about unbelievably cute cakes and cookies. Some of the most recent concoctions of cuteness like to mix dissimilar youth. The guinea pig on a skateboard, for instance, shows an animal doing something a little boy would do. Apparently, two species double the cuteness!

But what is it that makes something “cute”? Why do both kids and grown adults all over the world respond to images and icons like Hello Kitty and My Milk Toof? Is it just a longing for childhood fantasy, a time when life was safe and simple? Or do we respond to cuteness because it makes us feel powerful and in control of the weak and helpless? What about pastels make them weak?

The psychology of “cute” is both simple and complex. On the surface, anyone could put their finger on infants or youth as one of the largest wellsprings of cuteness. For instance, “cute” drawings of children, adults, and animals, almost always feature the tiny noses, tiny limbs, big heads and disproportionately large eyes of infant animals. Psychologists and marketers realized long ago that we are powerfully attracted to infants and images that mimic them. We instinctively want to pick them up and hug them, nurture them, and cuddle them. It’s a common response in both women and men the world over. Simply put, we like “cute” because we are programmed to nurture the young.

Whereas these super-cute websites may seem pointless (you should probably be diligently studying for that exam, or getting your work done before the boss comes back), they almost always feature the simple spirit of babies and baby animals. The little blob characters in My Milk Toof don’t really look like much on their own, but when they are tucked into bed at night and taken care of, oh so delicately, cute is the only word to describe it. How could the resulting cuddly, comfortable sensation possibly be worthless?


The next time you’re feeling a little jaded, cynical or down and out, just take a moment and check out some serious cuteness. If nothing else, it will at least make you smile.

I Love Football!

In Cool / March 1st, 2012 / By admin

I am not the biggest fan of football but every now and them something great comes out of the sport. Maria Menounos a news anchor for extra decided to make a bet. She bet that if the Giants win the Superbowl she would strip down to her bikini. Well, thank goodness the Giants won because WOW, Maria Menounos is smoking hot!

How Relationships End... For A Man

In Cool / February 6th, 2012 / By admin

I was once in a relationship - yes like all relationships it had its problems, its ups and its down, and as a man in the relationship I can honestly say a lot of the problems were because of me, but regardless - I WAS IN LOVE. I did all I could at the time and was growing every day to improve but eventually her patience ran out and my heart got broken, stomped on and pushed under the rug. Left bleeding to death - at least that's how it felt at the time.

A year later came across this image and I can honestly say... Yup this is me! Things happen for a reason!! MALE HAPPINESS!!!

An Awesome Watermelon Carving

In Cool / February 2nd, 2012 / By admin

I heard about pumpkin carving, but a watermelon carving? I didn't even know that was possible. Well apparently it is. I just found one of the most awesome "watermelon carving" I have ever seen. I mean the details are so awesome. Its cool, weird and funny at the same time!

 

Adorable Toddler Plays Ping Pong!

In Cute / February 2nd, 2012 / By admin

I always said I wanted a child who was good at sports... How would I know he is good at sports? yeah he was born with the talent. He won't inherit from me because I'm a cluts. Some people though are lucky, they have a child that has a natural ability. I mean check out this toddler playing ping ping, he can't even stand up but he has a great eye hand coordination! imagine when he grows older.... BOSS!!!

 

Hawk Eats Pigeon Alive!!!

In Weird / January 30th, 2012 / By admin

I stole this from SocialHype, which I also own, lol stealing from myself! Either way - I saw this crazy video that had me flinch. It was of a hawk eating a pigeon alive in public, in-front of people, looking like a major city with not a care in the world. At one point a man came up to the hawk and posed for the picture and he did nothing but commence eating. I know this is nature and it has a food chain but DAMN! nature is so barbaric!

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